How to Write 'Soul' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word Soul. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Soul
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-Lu-Lu-Wa
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-Lu-Lu-Wa
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duhua, meaning 'two' or 'double', referring to the spirit as a double of the body.
ROOT WORD: KALULUWA
magkakaluwa
to have a soul
pinakaluluwa
essence or core
sangkakaluluwaan
totality of a soul
pagkakaluluwa
the nature of being a soul